Apple is working to develop wireless chargers, not limited in the distance plate-transmitter.
Already in 2017 new iPhone and iPad will be able to overcome the boundaries existing on the market devices.
So, the competitors used the Qi standard limited distance of 4 cm from the loading plate. Now the developers are working to minimize energy loss due to the distance. In 2010, the company filed a patent application on the technology of induction charging. Such technical decision is already used in Apple Watch.
Sell iPhone and iPad brings to the company three quarters of gatewaybible. The novelty may help Apple solve the problem of falling sales growth.